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Hey guys!Kristine here. In case you don’t know me (don’t worry – I’ll forgive you I write The Painted Hive blog and each month I share a fresh project of mine over here at Bekob.I love a furniture makeover so today I thought I’d show you one of my most recent refurbs.Here’s a little sneak peak:And here’s the before: I think it’s probably fair to say this old deco dressing table wasn’t gonna protest about getting a bit of a facelift. It came to me for the bargain price of $0 – really, the things people just throw away! It was complete with ugly bakelite handles, a glass shelf and two wing mirrors too, though I only remembered to take the ‘before’ pic after I already removed them – oops, classic me, like a bull at a gate! Anyways, after a general clean, patch-up and light all over sand I replaced the central glass shelf with a piece of timber (just cause the glass didn’t seem quite right for the look I was going for) then primed and painted the whole thing black. To add some distinction, and for a slight industrial edge, I stencilled on some direct numbers in pale buttery vanilla before distressing the whole piece (corners, edges and flat surfaces) by hand with a sanding block. Next I sealed the whole thing with wipe-on poly before attaching some new nickel bin pulls. The big tri-piece wing mirror is completely detachable so you can use it with: or without: I love the way some paint and a few unique little touches can give an old piece of furniture a completely new feel.
So from this:
to this: I hope you enjoyed this makeover. There’s always something like this going on over at my blog so please feel free to stop by sometime. At the moment I’m re-doing my master bedroom with a whole heap of salvaged junk – oh, I mean treasure – I’m in the midst of sprucing-up.
